By F. C. BuRKAKD and ARTHUR SULLIVAN
Produced by JULIAN HERBAGE
THE WIRELESS ORCHESTRA conducted by VICTOR HELY-HUTCHINSON
'COX AND Box ' was Sullivan's first essay in the form which afterwards brought him such universal fame. The text was adapted from the famous farce, Box and Cox, by Bumand, happily remembered as editor of Punch, and the first performance was a private one in a London house. Sullivan was given exactly a fortnight to compose the work, but in spite of the speed at which it had to be produced, it is a real gem of its kind which has ever since been popular. Its first public performance was by the German Reeds in whose hands it had a long run, and it was afterwards taken over by the D'Oyly Carte Company.